Enlistment

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by Spyguy101

I quickly find myself approaching the adult age of 18 and look for a service to enter. The more I look into it the more I cant make up my mind. I am looking at possibly entering the Navy in the submarine force or the Coast Guard as a pilot but I am not sure what to be expected of these and anyone's personal experience in any of these would be great to hear.

If you have Math and Science Grades of B or higher, plus have the ASVAB scores in that section. Go Nuclear Engineer in the Navy, high enlistment bonus(higher than a lot of other jobs), 2 years of school which is worth 90 college credits. Highest Re-enlistment bonus(Believe they go 40K). If I remember correctly you start out as an E2 during boot camp and automatically get bumped up to E3 after you finished the Nuke school. You get an automatic E4 if you re-enlist, although really you should be E4 or E5 before your first Enlistment is up. There is also an officer pipeline available. Nukes only serve on Carriers, and submarines(if they volunteer.) And the Navy is short on Nukes.

If you decide not to re-enlist you're looking at 80-100K salaries working at Nuclear Powerplants.


My mistake in life was not going into the Navy when I had the chance. Still have the chance now(if I lose 90 pounds) but I don't think I'll still qualify. I would be out of Nuke school and out in the fleet about now.


http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjob1/a/nf.htm

Actually, I still qualify. Must lose weight and I think I may join.